NEW YORK — The Rasheed Wallace Era is over.
Wallace’s brief comeback attempt with the Knicks officially ended Wednesday when the 6-foot-11 big man announced his retirement.
As recently as the Wednesday morning shootaround, the Knicks were saying Wallace still had a “sore” left foot and his status was unclear.
Shortly afterward, they issued a statement saying he was retiring.
I’m not sure when the last time Seton Hall or Northwestern was competing with Indiana for a high-level recruit, but we appear to have that situation on our hands with Jaren Sina’s recruitment.
The Gill St. Bernard’s point guard confirmed to SNY.tv that he had cut Alabama from his list and is now down to Indiana, Northwestern and Seton Hall.
He will trip to Indiana April 24 and then attempt to make a decision in the following days. Indiana is now in need of additional backcourt help with the transfer of guard Remy Abell.
“It’s a great opportunity just to have that option, but at the same time I gotta make sure it’s the right fit for me and my style,” Sina told SNY.tv Saturday at the Jordan Brand Classic.
MiKyle McIntosh, a 6-foot-6 wing from Jackson (Ky.) 22 Feet Academy, has a couple of more visits planned and then hopes to come to a decision.
McIntosh will visit Miami April 24-25 and also plans to visit Illinois State and Florida. He has already been to UCLA.
“I wanted to decide by the end of April but I haven’t been able to take all my visits, so maybe the beginning of May,” he told SNY.tv in a phone interview.
UCLA is still involved after the coaching change that brought in Steve Alford because Korey McCray remains in an administrative role.
The Knicks are hoping Amar’e Stoudemire comes back during the postseason — although when is unclear.
The Knicks will open the playoffs on Saturday at home against the Boston Celtics, but Stoudemire may not debut until a potential second-round series after undergoing knee debridement in March.
“I’m not counting him out in terms of coming back,” Knicks coach Mike Woodson told reporters before Tuesday’s 106-95 loss in Charlotte, according to the New York Times.
“He will come back. I don’t know if it’s going to be the first round or the second round. We’ve just got to gauge it as we go along, but I think he will come back.”
At this rate, the next Rutgers coach
In news that can't surprise anyone, UCLA
ROSELLE, N.J. — When Larry Brown took the SMU job in April 2012, he did so in part because the Mustangs were eventually headed to the Big East Conference.
Brown looked forward to matching wits with coaches like Louisville’s Rick Pitino, Georgetown’s John Thompson III and Villanova’s Jay Wright.
“That was one of the biggest selling points in going to SMU,” Brown told SNY.tv last Friday at a coaches’ clinic at Roselle Catholic High School.
“To have an opportunity to be in the Big East I thought would be so great for our program.”
